Jack Wall

Reactivity against the Flavine Adenosine Nucleotide (FAD) Cofactor of Bacterial Enzymes May Explain Positive Flavoprotein Antibody Tests in Patients without Ophthalamopathy

Hooshang Lahooti, Annamaria De Bellis, Sumihisa Kubota, Kazu Gunji & Jack Wall · Ophthalmology Research: An International Journal · 2016

Background: We have re-visited a possible role of autoantibodies targeting a "64 kDa muscle membrane protein" in the pathogenesis of thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO). This antigen was identified as the flavoprotein (Fp) subunit of mitochondrial succinate dehydrogenase (SDH...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/OR/2016/27302

Vitamin D Deficiency may be a Risk Factor for Ophthalmopathy in Patients with Graves’ Hyperthyroidism But Not Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

Hooshang Lahooti, Bryan Wise, H. Tjiang, Bernard Champion & Jack Wall · Ophthalmology Research: An International Journal · 2013

Aims: Apart from its key role in bone metabolism vitamin D plays a role in immune function, cancer prevention and autoimmunity induction. Vitamin D insufficiency (25-50 nmol/L) and deficiency (serum level < 25 nmol/L) are very common in the West Sydney and Blue Mountains areas...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/OR/2014/4795